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Leners PmnNo. 66,380, dared July 2, 186'?.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l' MAY CONCERN:

i Be it known thatwe, GEORGE N. COPELAND and CHARLES H. PARKER, of Cortland, in thelState of New. York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Method of Draining olf or Disposing of Wnste Water or other Liquids, whether from the roofs of builings, sinks, unter-closets, or other receptacles. i

Tile nature of` our invention consists in providing a pipe of metal or wood with numerous perforntions about its lower end to allow of the free esc-ape of the liquid to be driven or sunken into the ground to such a depth that the lower end or perforated portion ofthe pipe shall have reached u'nter or u porous stratum of earth, into which the waste liquid may be discharged. This point will be reached in some localities` at a depth of eight oi' ten feet, in others it is necessary to go much deeper, sity thirty to six-ty feet. 'It has been found by actual trial that a. pipe thus prepared, sunken fifteen feet and down to water, and' but onetand a'hnlt' inch in diameter, willdischargeand be relieved ot'iall the wnt-er from n roof sixty by seventy feet in the longest and heaviest rains, the earth ahonttbc pipe at the surface showing no indications of water, :mil the water neverbucking or lling up the pipe above the surface of the ground.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, I will proceed to describe its construcf tion and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and

necessaryJ-as and for the purposes above described.

in which a perspective view ofthe apparatus is given.

A is a metallic pipe, with perforations at d d d. A pointed plug', lr, is Vinserted at the lower end, to assist, where the nature of the ground requires it, in clearing the Way for the pipe, after the pipe is sunken to the desired depth. This point. is driven out of the pipe by a. rod let down inside the pipe. C represents the conductor which leads the liquid from a roof, sink, or other receptacle into the discharge pipe a. VThe lower end of this conductor should enter the discharge pipe, sity four to eight inches,` to' prevent leakage at that point by settling of the'pipe or heaving of the roof or sink, and the mouth of the conductor should be protected by a strainer to prevent the entrance of any solids. i

What we claim, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The conducting Wastewater or other liquids into therea-rth by meansof the pipe a, or its equivalent,`

either down to water or toa stratum of earth sufficiently porous to absorb or drain o' such liquids.

2. We clain the pipe', a, 4in combination with the conductor C and striziner d, (Where such strainer shall be CHARLES H. PARKER, G. N. COPELAND.

Witnesses:

CHAs. FOSTER, FEED; E. KNIGHT. 

